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Drum and Swivel for a Stearns Twinstay (2) stanirish at 3:56pm 10.17.23 Ask All Sailors 2/610 I've got a Stearns Twinstay (headfoil) on my 30' C'C that is in good condition. I've been raising th
Drum and Swivel for a Stearns Twinstay (2) stanirish at 3:50pm 10.17.23 C&C 0/8 I've got a Stearn's Twinstay (headfoil) on my 30' C'C that is in good condition. I've been raising t
Whisker Pole Seahawk345 at 12:23pm 10.17.23 Mid-Size Boats 5/1316
Diesel shut off pull Atlantic Phil at 11:45am 10.17.23 Engines and Propulsion 32/3706 I have a 1988 Hunter 37 Legend. The shut off for the Yanmar is 4 steps down the companionway. Has an
Raymarine wifi or bluetooth radar Mike H. at 8:35am 10.17.23 Ask All Sailors 13/3073 Has anyone used the Raymarine wireless radar? The boat we just bought has a newer Raymarine touch sc
is it advisable or feasable? Anomymous 163294 at 8:03pm 10.16.23 Ask An Oday Owner 11/1687 i want to ad just a little bit more headroom to my boat. how hard would it be to make a pop top for
Mercury 4hp 4stroke running too rich at idle TimFromLI at 6:56pm 10.16.23 Engines and Propulsion 3/1560 My mercury starts right up -without the choke when cold. Then when warm, I need to keep the RPMs hig
Interesting to me dennisv at 6:31pm 10.16.23 Bigger Boats 10/1847 It's October, and in the Great Lakes, boats are being pulled out of the water for winter storage. I
Harken Mk 1 furler repair tmjb at 2:23pm 10.16.23 Ask All Sailors 14/2304 When lowering my genoa for winter storage somehow two of the foil sections separated (or had previou
Hi I am looking for drawings, sketches or pics of a fiberglass rudder stock Zvika Mantel at 12:32am 10.16.23 Ask All Sailors 11/589 Hi I am looking for drawings, sketches or pics of a rudder for a Hunter 46 year 2000. Thanks Zvika
Cradle screw jack conversion (1) Captain Pooh at 9:13pm 10.15.23 Ask All Sailors 8/1048 This past spring I watched to marina staff doing an altogether too complicated dance trying to drive
Engine stalling/ temperature gauge (1) labuenavida at 4:51pm 10.15.23 Engines and Propulsion 7/1413
Added plywood layer below to firm up floor, less squishy now! (8) Davenport at 3:55pm 10.15.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/932 Added plywood layer below to firm up floor, less squishy now. Half inch, doubled in some spots. 48
Hunter 420 Passage Aft Lazarette Latches Mike H. at 2:48pm 10.15.23 Big Boats 4/819 Has anyone replaced the lazarette hatches on the sugar scoop? Ours are rotten. Anyone have a source?
Extending Table Leafs (1) laitm001 at 8:12am 10.15.23 Big Boats 7/893 Just bought a hunter 49 and wondered if anyone could help explain how to extend the table. Mine has
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger john6206 at 7:25am 10.15.23 Ask All Sailors 75/11472 Hey everyone - I've been sailing about 25 years, almost all trailer boats. I've owned three - sold
Invest 94L --> TS Tammy --> Hurricane Tammy (1) JamesG161 at 6:08am 10.15.23 Weather and Forecasting 18/2784 over the East USA should stop the normal tracking into the Caribbean . Jim...
how to fix this? 1975 oday 22 (1) Anomymous 163294 at 7:11pm 10.14.23 Ask An Oday Owner 22/2651 is this a major job or is it minor? it came to me this way. and i just noticed it today as i was loo
New Portable Battery Charger for Winter Storage Nichole340 at 2:45pm 10.14.23 Ask All Sailors 17/1757 I want to buy a new battery charger for the garage and use it maintain my boat batteries over the wi
Running lines aft on Oday 25 tcbailey67 at 8:27am 10.14.23 Ask An Oday Owner 15/2224 Hi, I've seen many posts on this, but still not quite settled in one particular part of the plan. I

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New to b&r rig lots of prebend on furling mast shemandr at 5:43am 10.07.25 Instructions in the manual says it can be done with the mast already stepped. It would require tha
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Woodworks1 at 5:12am 10.07.25
Xantrex 1800 just died, do I get similar or cheap generic inverter? colemj at 5:03am 10.07.25 You should clarify if you are looking for an inverter/charger, or just an inverter. The cheap inver
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Project_Mayhem at 4:58am 10.07.25 This site has excellent pricing on GoreTex GFO packing. Two feet was enough for me to screw up a cou
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? kappykaplan at 4:55am 10.07.25 This spring I can pulling all 4 out and put 3 new rings in and breaking them in properly, seems lik
Deck light fixture missing? Project_Mayhem at 4:55am 10.07.25 Some lights get around this issue by reversing the polarity. This of course requires you to install
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Woodworks1 at 4:54am 10.07.25 On second thought put a 4th one in this fall is a good idea. That way I can limp over to the fuel do
New to b&r rig lots of prebend on furling mast (1) marcham at 10:08pm 10.06.25 Fine tuning is possible when stepped. If you are out by several inches, it needs to be redone from s
Plastic boats BAD ORCA at 7:40pm 10.06.25 Thank you very much. Sadly, even the Mako had to go, and I have been advised that I should not boat
Surfed our '72 yesterday JRacer at 7:14pm 10.06.25 "The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down..."
Ceramic heater on board? High Current at 6:40pm 10.06.25 In my experience, space heaters, electric cars, and even an electric tea kettle have all at one time
Xantrex 1800 just died, do I get similar or cheap generic inverter? dlochner at 6:30pm 10.06.25 There are very few places on a boat where cheaper is better. The up front costs may be lower, but re
Surfed our '72 yesterday dlochner at 6:25pm 10.06.25 Sailing on the Great Lakes is different from the Ocean. When the waves form they are steep short per
Help! What's going on with this Mast and Mast Step - Catalina 22' - 1971 watercolors II at 6:09pm 10.06.25 As stated earlier this has been highly modified. Image 5999 with the solid short rod matches u
Deck light fixture missing? Davidasailor26 at 6:08pm 10.06.25 You can get a combination fixture with the steaming light on top and deck light on the bottom. Of co
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Woodworks1 at 6:01pm 10.06.25 I have new packing at the boat and will stop and pick up another length on the way down. A spare bu
Reefing lines jamming Windpilot at 5:46pm 10.06.25 Yep, reefing lines, I have 3 on my 410, like to get hung up on things. You're actual line looks old
Running light corrosion skunther at 5:32pm 10.06.25 I sanded the contacts and sprayed some contact cleaner, installed some festoon type LED bulbs, and t
Surfed our '72 yesterday morbidfollower at 5:04pm 10.06.25 I'd rather have the sails up in rough weather than try to motor back in depending on the conditions.
Electric help morbidfollower at 4:56pm 10.06.25 good starting point. Instead of doing a wire nut splice like what your boat has for the negative w

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